District II Quebec City-Les Escoumins - Transports Canada

TRAINING OUTLINE
Skill 1 Planning the passage into the marine district Duration: 120 h
Module 1
Passage plan
Component 2 At the conclusion of training, the candidate will be capable of Duration: 36 h
plotting courses.
Training environment
In the classroom and independently:
• using conventional and electronic charts;
• using blank Mercator charts provided by instructor;
• using legend chart and documentation pertaining to the marine district: sailing directions,
meteorological guides, tide and current tables, List of Lights, buoys and fog signals, Notices
to Mariners;
• using plotting instruments.
CONTENT
1. General topography:
– cities, towns, villages, and harbours;
– fairways, their extent, their depth at
zero on the chart, their width;
– shoals, reefs, and shallow waters;
– wrecks;
– aerial and underwater cables, bridges.
2. Tides and currents in the marine district:
– effects of weather conditions on
predicted tide level;
– times and heights of high and low tides
at reference ports and secondary ports;
– height of tide at a specified time;
– depth of water at a given point;
– tidal window allowing safe passage at
an exact time and location for a given
draught;
– location of currents relative to tides,
and their speed.
SUGGESTED METHODS
Instructor
• Give a quiz to test candidates’ knowledge
of symbols used in Chart Number 1
(Conventional signs-Abbreviations-Terms)
• Present contents of module and alternate
with practical chart drafting exercises.
Gradually increase the level of complexity
to aid the memorization process.
Candidates
• Study different points of the topography
shown on appropriate charts and in Sailing
Directions.
• Gradually enter various topographical points
from memory on a basic Mercator chart.
Coast and island outlines as well as
structures are already shown. This practice
will enable candidates gradually to establish
their local knowledge of the marine district.
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